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Friday, January 06, 2017

Where The December Jobs Were: Nurses, Waiters, And Waste Cleaners

The most actively hiring sector was health care, which saw a
whopping 70,000 increase in December jobs, nearly half of total. Most of
the increase occured in ambulatory health care services (+30,000) and
hospitals (+11,000). Social assistance added 20,000 jobs in December,
reflecting job growth in individual and family services (+21,000).

Professional and Busines Services rose by a total of 30,500, the
second highest gaining category. here the biggest contributor was Administrative and Waste Services to Buildings and Dwellings, which rose by 10,600.

Another minimum wage job category that added jobs in December was
Leisure and Hospitality, which added a grand total of 24,000 jobs. here, the biggest contributor was an old favorite: employment in food services and drinking places, which continued to trend up in December (+30,000).

What is curious is that while retailers have been laying off
thousands of people left and right, according to the BLS this category
added another 6,300 in December, if a substantial drop from November's
19,500.

Highly paid construction jobs declined by 3,000 in December after posting a substantial rebound of 17,000 in November

Just as troubling was the ongoing decline in Information jobs, which
declined by 6,000 in December, after dropping double that amount in
November

Also concerning was the sharp drop in Temp Help services: a
harbinger of pent up labor demand, this category tumbled by 15,500 in
December, the biggest monthly decline in years.

There was some good news for higher paying wages in December:
Employment edged up in manufacturing (+17,000), with a gain of 15,000 in
the durable goods component.

Employment in the highly paid financial activities also continued on an upward trend in December (+13,000).